founded in 2007 by eric brighton. form navy s.e.a.l. and commander of an al qaeda targeting unit. it was hit by a truck bomb and after visiting his injured comrades, he got the idea for starting the mission continues. >> what do you want to do when you recover? every single one of them said to me, i want to return to my unit. they all said i want to return to my unit. now, the reality was for a lot of those men and women, they were not going to be able to return to their unit. tell me if you can't go back to you're unit right way, what else would you like to do? every cycle one of them wanted to find a way to continue to serve. >> brighton made a significant discovery about the dark space so many veterans find themselves in when they get home. not so much that they feel unwelcome. they feel unneeded. >> i was depressed. i -- doing a lot of self-pitying at the time. and i came across the mission continues. >> natasha young in the marines for 12 years. a gunnery sergeant medically discharged a year ago for cancer and ptsd after 12 years of service. >> there are no shortage of organi